Earth Day
Today is Earth Day. Do something to help. Don't use your car today if you can help it, walk to local places instead of leaving the Grove today. Use one less paper napkin, change your light bulbs to energy efficient bulbs (Shell Lumber sells them, so does Walgreens and CVS). Get involved.
posted by Tom Falco at 9:44 AM
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CVS? I wish you would reconsider. CVS has created an unatractive dead spot on Grand Avenue (Look at their small windows and large pinkish walls) Their building looks like an out of place warehouse not a neighborhood pharmacy and shop, occupying a very important Grove road with high traffic. CVS has been unfriendly to neighbors including businesses. Unfortunately they are even worse than typical large corporations, having a sick level of self interest in mind only, undeserving of a place in Coconut Grove. What has CVS done for the Grove? Has it supported the community and businesses to make Grove a better place to live and do business, encouraging the preservation of a village atmosphere that Coconut Grove is famous for?
In regards to Home Depot, the Grove should consider partnering with Lowe's their slogan is Let's Build Something Together. Grovites should seek sponsorship, discounts and partnership with Lowe's. Unfortunately their closest warehouse is about 10 miles away at:
1650 WEST 37TH STREET
HIALEAH, FL 33012
(305) 820-4192
Fax: (305) 820-4195
M-SA 6-9, SU 8-8
To continue with my last post, CVS was welcomed to the neighborhood with a lot of optimism, they are welcome but CVS could and should do more for the neighborhood, it should stop having the strip mall mentality about its location in Coconut Grove. Do more to develop Grand Avenue, do not remain a "buffer zone" between West and downtown Grove.
Happy Earth Day to you.
In honor of Earth Day, I placed on an online trade for 5,000 shares of Haliburton stock. (The transaction will actually be placed at 9:30AM EST on Monday in one of humanity's greatest institution, the NYSE).
Also, I used an entire roll of toilet paper yesteday. (Sheryl Crow seems to think we can get away with one square).
I am not surprised to see Earth Day on a Sunday. It has become a new relgion with using fluorescent light bulbs and single squares of toilet paper as sacraments for elites and liberals that know better than us Philistines.
Just for the record, I like hundreds of other scientist that are not generally quoted in the NYTs or Newsweek believe the earth is warming, but not caused by man.
Of course this sort of "diverse" opinion is not supported by those who claim to embrace diversity in our culture. I suspect in their mind, my belief is the equivalent of denying the Holocaust.
Happy Earth Day to all believers!
And Speaking Of Earth Day...
Our County & City Leadership Have Created Our Water Crisis.
We are once again being painfully reminded that South Florida is in the middle of another terrible water crisis. Restrictions have been placed on our daily use and everyone is mandated to conserve by consuming less and less water in all aspects of our lives.
According to The Miami Herald, “The deepening drought emphasizes the fragility of our regional water system and underscores our need to develop alternative water resources. Our county consumes approximately 346 million gallons of water per day. Currently, only 5 percent of that water is reclaimed for reuse. That means we are throwing out almost 300 million gallons of water every day. The amount of water Miami-Dade sends out to sea every year could fill a typical swimming pool almost five million times over. The Biscayne Aquifer is replenished with the help of Lake Okeechobee, which, as we have all heard, is currently at its lowest level in many years. The drought is thus far the third-most severe in recorded history. An already critical situation could get worse.”
“Follow the mandatory water-use restrictions for watering lawns, washing cars, etc. Fix leaky faucets and toilets. Install low-flow shower heads. Reduce the time you spend in the shower. Think before you turn on the spigot. Managers at the South Florida Water Management District say that the drought may be the worst ever in South Florida because, for the first time, drought conditions prevail both in Lake Okeechobee and in the conservation areas. And for the first time in history, water managers have cut off water flows from the conservation areas into South Florida's canals.”
How did we get in this water crisis?
Our county and city governments have permitted this crisis by rezoning property for higher density and permitting developers to build the glut of housing that surrounds us.
What is our county and city doing to try to remedy this water shortage situation?
They have imposed water restriction on us.
They are also perpetuating the water crisis by continuing to agree to rezoning property so that even more unnecessary homes, condos and offices may be built.
What is required by our county and city governments?
We require more responsible leadership, where the concerns of our community, its people, quality of life and the necessary conservation of our most limited natural resources are respected and protected.
Harry Emilio Gottlieb
Coconut Grove
Yawn, Harry, why don't you give it a rest. Or better yet, take your long winded diatribes into politics and put your money where your mouth is and run for office.
Stop complaining and do something about it. I'll vote for you, I promise.
Wow, mercury and water in one place, my favorite rants....
For those of you filling shopping carts with expensive "energy efficient" bulbs: please read the part of the package that tells about these bulbs containing mercury vapor and how they need to be disposed of properly. Dispersing massive amount of mercury vapor into our homes might reduce our short term need for oil, but at what cost to our health? Classic light bulbs made of glass and tungsten filiment are far more environmentally friendly when they are thrown away - and the best way to save energy is to not burn the bulbs at all if you don't need them.
My cynical position on these new light bulbs is that the lighting industry wants to reset consumer expectations that light bulbs don't cost 0.25, but rather $4 or $5 each... I'm sure it's hard for them to make any kind of profit when an 8 pack of classic 60W soft lights are typically available for $1.99. Saving oil is just a convenient excuse.
As for water - please look at the big picture! How much of lake Okechobee's supply goes to municipal use, and how much goes to big Sugar and other industries? On the other side of the state, the tomatoes of Sarasota county consume more water than the people, and the people are put on severe water restrictions while the tomatoes use flood-runoff style irrigation that drains the same aquifer used for drinking water while simultaenously flooding state park lands during the dry season and killing the forest (which needs a dry season to grow...)
By all means, shorten your showers, reduce (or eliminate!) your lawn sprinkling, and clean cars are highly overrated... but to believe that the cities of Florida are where the drinking water is all going is to miss the elephant in the room (AGRICULTURE).
Florida would be a happier and healthier place with more tax benefits for land conservation and less freebies thrown to agriculture.
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